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LAJC Artist Beat: Motoko Honda’s Sound Escape Project Presents: Dreams of a Flower L.A. Bloom Festival, Thursday May 3rd Aratani/Japan Theatre, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles Tickets by Gary Fukushima Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that flowers “are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.” As the popular music [...]
Fallen Peach Mike Scott, guitar Joe Bagg, organ Jason Harnell, drums Steamers Jazz Club and Cafe 138 West Commonwealth Avenue Fullerton, CA 92832 741-874-8800 www.steamerscafe.com Mike Scott is perhaps the nicest guy one could ever meet. He couldn’t possibly be any nicer, and even if really nice people irritate you, he wouldn’t, for he [...]
Matt Slocum CD Release @ Blue Whale Thursday, October 13 9pm Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA It’s been awhile since we’ve done one of these, mainly because no one has asked recently, but I was delighted to receive a CD and preview request for a CD release show by New York drummer and former Angelino [...]
As we mentioned earlier, excellent blogger and teen phenom Rachel Cantrell had a nice preview up on her blog the jazz post prior to last weekend’s festival. Rachel came to all three of the evening shows, sitting closest to the music, listening intently the whole time. She is an attractive girl, mature beyond her [...]
by Gary Fukushima Tord Gustavsen Ensemble Friday, March 25, 8:00 P.M. Skirball Cultural Center www.skirball.org 310-440-4500 reservations recommended Tord Gustavsen, piano Mats Eilertsen, bass Jarle Vespestad, drums It’s hard to imagine anything in jazz today that carries more weight of expectation than the role of being a pianist on the ECM label. After all, this [...]
by Gary Fukushima THEO BLECKMANN: BERLIN TO LAS VEGAS The Edye Saturday, February 12, 7:30pm tickets Theo Bleckmann: voice with Paul Romero: piano and The Bauhaus String Quartet: Elizabeth Hedman: violin Daphne Chen: violin Michael Lieberman: viola Paula Fehrenbach: cello Arrangements by Fumio Yasuda and Theo Bleckmann Saxophonist Ben Wendel emailed me a few weeks [...]
A nice piece in the LA Times outlining the “alternative” jazz venues. Chris Barton has an overview of the handful of places where you can go to hear more adventurous music, most of the places I would think of, including Metropol, Open Gate, ResBox, MONA, even Vitello’s gets a nod as the new establishment of [...]
Here’s the latest offerings from the group that inspired the formation of the LAJC. Recordings by Arthur Kell, Guilherme Monterio, and Daniel Kelly, with support from guys like Loren Stillman, Brad Shepik, and Ben Street. Very good music, and a review worthy of their talents.
I thought I might point some of you to visit this site to check out a truly brilliant piano and keyboard player, a former Calartian, a principle in the band Kneebody and sometime sideman for Dave Douglas. Adam’s got a new solo piano album out soon, his last one was just amazing so I’ll be [...]
Not as funny as the Palin one, but impressive nonetheless. bushsong – by henry hey